Pictichromis

<i>Pictichromis</i>

Pictichromis

Genus of fishes

Pictichromis is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.

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Species

There are eight species in the genus:[3]

  • Pictichromis aurifrons (Lubbock, 1980) (Gold-browed dottyback)
  • Pictichromis caitlinae Allen, A.C. Gill & Erdmann, 2008 (Cenderawasih dottyback)
  • Pictichromis coralensis A.C. Gill, 2004 (Bicoloured dottyback)
  • Pictichromis diadema (Lubbock & Randall, 1978) (Diadem dottyback)
  • Pictichromis dinar Randall & Schultz, 2009 (Dottyback)
  • Pictichromis ephippiata (A.C. Gill, Pyle & Earle, 1996) (Saddled dottyback)
  • Pictichromis paccagnellae (Axelrod, 1973) (Royal dottyback)
  • Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974) (Magenta dottyback)

References

  1. [1]
    Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Pictichromis Gill, 2004". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pictichromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pictichromis in FishBase. June 2018 version.


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